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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 2/108 ; C07K 1/636 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 2/108 ; C07K 1/636 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a human/mouse chimeric antibody that includes the variable region of a mouse monoclonal antibody against human tissue factor (TF) and the constant region of a human antibody. The humanized antibody contains light and heavy chain complementarity determining regions of a mouse monoclonal antibody against human TF which have been grafted onto a human antibody. The present invention also provides a therapeutic agent for disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) syndrome, which includes a humanized antibody against human TF as an active ingredient.